John Spahn '24

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Lucky Bag

JOHN EDWARD SPAHN

Lebanon, Pennsylvania

"Shorty"

NOW, girls, here's Adonis in the blonde, Dutch form. Just see him stand before the mirror and get that part on his gonk straight. He's a bit of a wise-cracker, too. So before you know it he'll have worked his way to your hearts. But don't take it too seriously, he fell for one back home.

He was once exposed to bilgitis; that's how he happens to be with us, but since then he has kept on the comfortable side of 2.5. Unfortunately his vest pocket wit is not of the variety that scores well in the Prof league. But he'll never be out of a job. He says that, should he bilge, he'll go to Lutherville and get a job at Maryland College as night-watchman.

JOHN EDWARD SPAHN

Lebanon, Pennsylvania

"Shorty"

NOW, girls, here's Adonis in the blonde, Dutch form. Just see him stand before the mirror and get that part on his gonk straight. He's a bit of a wise-cracker, too. So before you know it he'll have worked his way to your hearts. But don't take it too seriously, he fell for one back home.

He was once exposed to bilgitis; that's how he happens to be with us, but since then he has kept on the comfortable side of 2.5. Unfortunately his vest pocket wit is not of the variety that scores well in the Prof league. But he'll never be out of a job. He says that, should he bilge, he'll go to Lutherville and get a job at Maryland College as night-watchman.

Life & Loss

Unable to find any details about John's life or loss. Register of Alumni gives "LCDR" and date of death but nothing else.

He is not included in the SHIPMATE list of alumni who died (of any cause) during the war years (September 1946 issue).

He was aboard USS Argonne at the beginning of the war (1941 Navy Directory). He is not listed as a qualified Naval Aviator.

It is entirely unclear what is happening in this article, but it appears that John, "a former naval officer," is referenced in divorce proceedings. Note the date of this article is after his recorded date of loss. The date of marriage seems to be 1927. (Another article in 1924 mentions he was visiting his family after graduation; it made no mention of a wife.)

The February 1947 issue of SHIPMATE reports that his class ring had been found in a taxi in Baltimore, Maryland.